— John F. Kennedy
Be present.
Especially when someone is serving you.
Don’t show off, impress.
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
— Theodore Roosevelt
If you absolutely have to fight, punch first and punch hard.
(Source: Rules for My Unborn Son)
Don’t boast, if it’s worthy someone else will gloat for you.
Write down your dreams.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
— James Baldwin
Of Skeletons and Ghost
My memory sucks. Maybe I didn’t eat enough vegetables growing up. Maybe I shouldn’t have intentionally hit my head against walls repeatedly. Whatever the cause, I can’t remember and recall things very well. Just ask my wife. Yet my mind is remarkably capable of reminding me of all my failures, all my mistakes. It reminds…